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  1. hosspak

    New Garden Area Dilemma

    The goats (in mass) is a great option to knock down the weeds. But the roots still have to be broken up. You can use the black plastic until the final cardboard and straw go down. Then roll the plastic up and store it for the next section (very reusable). Remember; drip, drip, drip systems work...
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    New Garden Area Dilemma

    Wow, I see some very big ambitions in these posts. I will just have to be satisfied with my 12 x 40 foot garden. I didn't see where everyone is from but here's a thought. Can you contact the local fire department and see if they could do controlled burns for those areas? Worst case, they could...
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    ENDED - Winner Announced -Official TEG Caption Contest #3 - Pic by buckabucka

    "OMGAWK!, Hide me... Ronald is here again... he wants my McNuggets!"
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    ENDED - Winner Announced -Official TEG Caption Contest #3 - Pic by buckabucka

    "Oh no....Here comes the frisky rooster again....HIDE me!"
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    ENDED - Winner Announced -Official TEG Caption Contest #3 - Pic by buckabucka

    "Hey, I was here first!"... "No, I was here first!"..."Stop touching me!"..."You stop touching me!"... "MOM!!!!"
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    Murphy's Law Strikes Again

    Hello Ms. So Un-Lucky, This might sound harsh but don't take it in a negative way. I say this only from experience. Firstly, the Taoist thing, If all is what it should be, your son would be well into his college years building a solid future. But his choices have consequences as others have...
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    Gardening Intervention

    I guess I can think of it as a stationary bike while I'm saucing stuff. lol Now I need to figure out how to save the seeds of my heirloom tomatoes... I'm starting to save my pepper seeds...
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    Gardening Intervention

    My elbow aches just looking at that thang! lol We have a big juicer top of the line machine but I hate cleaning it (I meant to say, my wife hates to clean it for me) But we lose the pulpyness with that. This time I forgot to sqeeze the excess water and seeds out before I blended them so I had to...
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    Gardening Intervention

    You are so right... That sauce was cooking from 10am to 6pm, trying to get it to cook down and thicken up. The level in that pan dropped 2 inches from where it started and is still a little thin for me. While we were blanching and peeling, I was tossing some in the blender. I kept out about 25%...
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    Gardening Intervention

    Update from the Crazy H-Bar Ranch; Out of the garden and into the kitchen.... Again! So, today we finally took the 20 lbs of garden tomatoes from the freezer and added those to the 5 lbs of romas and 8 lbs large tomatoes. It took 3 hours to blanch, peel and pureed them. We saved about 2 lbs of...
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    Gardening Intervention

    Maybe it's time to start canning... It takes less effort to cook up your favorite sauce and then can a bunch of it some that you can enjoy all of your tomatoes throughout the year...Or you could wash and freeze them, then drop them at my house and I will turn them into sauce. lol
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    Gardening Intervention

    What was your brine recipe?
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    Gardening Intervention

    Ok, hot pepper butter got my attention... Do you have a recipe? I have put many of my harvested pepperchini's in my leftover B&B pickle brine, those are very tasty. I have many fish peppers of the same size that I want to pickle, these are very spicey so they would be sweet and hot. Banana...
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    Gardening Intervention

    What does everyone do with their pepperchinis and those others of the same size? I'm thinking of pickling them but I want a different flavor then my B&B brine... I don't really like the brine that you get at mexican food places they pickle their carrot slices in. Any ideas? 100 for the best...
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    ENDED - Winner announced - Official TEG caption contest #2 - July 2014 - Pic by Lavender2

    "Oh bugger, git off, git off.... Go bug the Blue gnome!"
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    Gardening Intervention

    Since the gopher took out the zukes and is chasing down the carrots. I have 2 beds that need a fall replanting... What are some good fall veggies for the heat in So. Cal.
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    ENDED - Winner announced - Official TEG caption contest #2 - July 2014 - Pic by Lavender2

    "Travelocity" commercial, "People in different countries have gardens just like your's. But you can't see them if you're not there! Go and smell the roses!!!" CUT, CUT, "Get it off, GET IT OFF, AAAHHHH!!!"
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